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* NEW ARMY BILL
Chamberlain Proposes
ction of Measure?"Mili
tarism Run Mad."
|EES WAR LESSONS LOST
"^Charaoteriainir the administration
bill proposing: a reg-ular force of 500,
men as "militarism run mad,"
Jtonator Chamberlain, democrat. Ore
gon, has submitted to the Senate
Vjllltary committee, of which he was
ttrmerly chairman, an "analytical and
Aplanatory statement" proposing- that
?J? measure be rejected entirely and
Cpngrcss prepare a new bill.
-JThe procedure is somewhat unusual
ahd the arraignment of the general
officers who drew up the admin
Utration plan is marked.
J Nearly all of the control hereto
*?re exercised by Congress over the
JJwy. the senator declared at one
wfjnt, is to be transferred theoreti
~~lly to the President, but practically
the chief of staff. However, Con
Is still permitted to foot the
Perpetual Evils. He Says.
- seeking to make permanent the
"Wy and departmental organization
lit up during the war. Senator Cham
"ains statement says, the bill would
?etuate a situation that brought
-junction to initiative, dishearten
...nt and disorganization to the bureaus
W&lah have been raided; has caused
yiormous duplication of work, great
.e ?L. endless delays and gen
Inefficiency, not to say chaorf. in the
25* 2'the War Department as a whole
fjfl'f the general staff as well."
4"1* spirit shown by the framers of
?e act. he charges, throughout is one
"xonwiming desire for despotic, un
Eiicted power?militarism run mad "
n?e specific charge is that the clauses
um? act which carry out that spirit
Ingeniously separated and scat
a .and , 'very cleverly concealed?
??ounaged. The bill is denounced as
Tweposterous scheme" which "spells
"rf.JPS" dominance, staff despotism and
llltarlsm to a degree never surpassed
palmiest days of the great gen
MtMll of the Germany army."
Other Lines of Criticism.
SChief attention is paid by Senator
imberlain to those sections of the
which, he declares, are framed to
.orb Into the general staff and
Of ond?r the personal control of
> chief of staff all the duties and
?wers of the old statuatory bureaus.
"? pamphlet adds a new chapter to
long-standing controversy be
"i the line and staff corps and bu
of the Army.
he senator draws a sharp contrast
*een what he says happened In
**r Department, under complete
***? staff control, during the war.
In the Navy, where the bureau
em was maintained unchanged. He
:es no direct reference to Secre
. amP'ifying his objec
l bestowing such power on the j
-t ot staff as the bill asks, says:
iit.vL and admitted in I
hat som? chiefs of
.ff have been so successful In im
?ng themselves upon the Secretary
iSy rh1?rl?C1^ra;tin.g hira from his
geau chiefs?that they now find it
to
^Alleges One-Kan Control Now.
?sk?hIL.5Tn*1 n u the dis
,J? 'Uement ot 111 bureau heads and
th1*.W?e intimldatlon. If not
terrorism, that is understood to have
*f.f,I1'd certain cases and there
w/rtiit J?nnd ample ground for
'P^ad conviction that
?. autocratic one-man
w^?le military estblish
*lt is illuminating to contrast the
J^-burty. in-feeii?g, confusion
*umdals and inefficiency that have
?SS the il'b* War Department
uce the commencement of the war
TO. the, calmness, good order? h^
aams t?m. L efficiency that at the
S5?- b*T* Prevailed in and
rj.r Navy Department. Them
T& oSSSISn left, andistuiW
there "e^^isS^
th* world
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TWICE AND VIEWS
PACIFIC SQUADROU
(Continued from Plr?t Page.)
7*"* batteries of cameras were turned
?wd him from deck and mast of tho
! Speaks at Sinner.
ij*a public dinner which President
Wilson attended before going to the
- **Id h? bad been improved
tL ot optoion
?* People from ocean to De
Opto* the purposes for which the TJnlt
-'yn.rr-0,6 war- pre^dent
? told the people of Washington
that the issue squarely facing the
*T in the treaty debate was wheth
* that program should be carried
*nwugh or abandoned.
*?peating many of the arguments h?
against qualification
Mot* Ow PiSdA^?1^0.0115 or amend
S51S,Jrlf. again appealed to
MMMlcuis of the country to **forr?t
tfcat there in an election in 1920/' ^ie
?jjjwted hie purpose to ivad 4the riot
5?L^J^\y?n* wbo let political <?2'
^Mops^aictete his course in relation to
J4,? Pre*'<'ent's speech
Tacoraa will be found on pay 27.)
.i Crowd at Arena.
.-the Arena applause repeatedly
TS?ted the 8peech- while out
iS* hal1, a crowd against which
police had closed the doors, kept
^Mch a roar of cheering that his
*ds sometimes were drowned out.
?ading on the walls and doors the
SttT^i down'UMghoutlng** ^ " !a8t
"We want Wilson:"
*"he President digressed to remark
?pportuneP '8 but^I
i.ETVIA IS TO NEGOTIATE
. WITH SOVIET, IS REPORT
? **?
LONDON. September 11.?The gov
ernment of Letvia has accepted the
offer of the Russian soviet govern
ment to begin peace negotiations, ac
eording to a Russian wireless dispatch
'ted from Moscow.
KING ALBERT WILL SAIL
1 ON GEORGE WASHINGTON
BREST, France, September 12.?Th<
steamer George Washington will ar
jrlve here about September IS, tak<
?Weerfl 1.000 American troops and ther
?team to Antwerp, where King Al
bort of Belgium will embark foi
America.
j An American admiral, new a nava
?Ktaehe (n Paris, will accompany th<
|UKy as attache to King Albert.
I . - v
JOHNSON ASSAILS
PRESIDENT'S PLEA
Senator Dissects the Demand
for Immediate Ratifica
tion of Treaty.
SAYS FACTS MAKE ISSUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 13.?
A demonstration wfcich lasted fifteen
minutes, and rivalled his St. Louis re
ception. greeted Senator Hiram W.
Johnson of California here tonight.
Convention Hall, the largest audi
torium in the city, was crowded and
many were turned away. The crowd
stood while it cheered, waved flags
and sang patriotic songs. There were
shouts of "Johnson is the next Presi
dent."
The meeting was under the auspices
of the local charter of the League for
the Preservation of American Inde
pendence.
Senator Johnson, in his address, vig
orously attacked the peace treaty and
league of nations pact. He declared
the league covenant the most im
portant question that had confronted
the American people since the civil
war.
"We are at the cross-roads of our
national destiny," said Senator John
son/ "One road leads to sinister
European and Asiatic complications.
The other is the straight and narrow
path of patriotic Americanism. We
want to take the straight and narrow
path. That is the only safe course." I
Country Never Isolated. j
"I dare Eay that this country has j
never been isolated, financially, com- I
mercially or socially, from the rest of
the world." the senator continued. I
"Our only isolation has been geo
graphical. because of the great oceans I
on our east and west coasts. God
gave us these great oceans and neither
the league of nations nor Wood row I
Wilson can dry them up."
He described the league of nations I
covenant as an "infamous nostrum." I
which the President promises will
cure every 11L
"President Wilson went to Paris
with certain Idealistic principles, but |
came home without any of them,"
said the senator. "When the people
learned of the President's failure at
Paris America held an inquest over I
its dead hopes."
Wfcile Senator Johnson was speaking
Ma j. Gen. Leonard Wood, commander I
of the Central Division and formerly |
commander of Camp Punston, Kan
appeared on the platform and was I
cheered by the crowd.
"We say to Mr. Wilson," Senator
Johnson continued, "make any secret I
treaties you desire, but you cannot 1
guarantee them with the blood of
American boys."
Thinks President Was Ironical.
"It is difficult to think that the
President spoke otherwise than iron- I
ically in much that he said to you here
in Kansas City," Baid Senator John
son. "Hie opening sentence, forget- I
ful apparently of other utterances and |
of the facts, assumes a like forget- I
fulness on the part of our people." I
"His initial remark to you was: I
1 came back from Paris bringing one I
of the greatest documents of human
history.' One of the things that made
it great was that it is penetrated
throughout with the principles to I
which America had devoted her life.
"The facts, the inrevocable facts, I
make the issue with Mr. Wilson.
"The American principles to which I
we WiSTe devoted, and which are so I
eloquently voiced, open covenants, I
freedom of the seas, guarantees of re-1
duction of national armaments, im-1
partial judgment of colonial claims,]
destruction of every arbitrary power, I
self-determination, no special alii-1
ances, justice to the weak, no people I
to be handed about from sovereignty
to sovereignty, as if they were prop- I
erty, no territory to change hands ex
cept for the happiness and liberty of I
its people, were one by one sacrificed
to old world diplomacy and the secret I
bargains of our cobelligerents.
"The treaty in its dealings with ter
ritories and peoples simply rewrites
the secret treaties of which the Presi
dent says he never heard until he
reached Paris.
"Nor is this all. We know from the I
admission of all parties, including the
President, that the other American
peaoe delegates protested against the
infamy of the Shantung decision; and I
yesterday the testimony of Dr. Bullitt,
one of the President's appointees at
Paris, clearly indicated adverse I
opinion of the present treaty. The
facts?the inexorable facts?make the
issue with Mr. Wilson.
Question of Disarmament. 1
"Again, to you the President said:
"We want disarmament and this docu
ment provides in the only possible I
way for disarmament by common |
agreement. They promise disarma
ment and promise to agree upon a
Plan.'
"There is no disarmament provided
for by the league. The league may
simply suggest disarmament, but com
pliance with the recommendations is I
optional with the members. |
"The members of the league, even I
the United States, are not only not I
disarming, but are providing for the
largest armies and navies in their
history. Mr. Wilson is now asking ]
Congress for a standing Army of
576,000 men with universal military
training for the nineteen-year-olds I
costing practically a billion dollars
a year, and this at a time when he is
ushering in the millenlum with the
league of nations.
"The facts?the inexorable facts
make issue with Mr. Wilson.
Bight of Armenia.
"A pathetic and eloquent plea for
Armenia was made to you, an appeal
which touched the hearts of all of
us, and yet Armenia is neither touched
nor mentioned in the German treaty
The Turkish treaty dealing with the
subject is known alone to Mr. Wilson
He has in writing refused to give the
American people or the United States
Senate any information concerning It
"His subtle appeal to prejudice the
Senate is not only unjust, but wholly
unfounded.
Fighting for United States.
In hie peroration, Mr. Wilson ex
claimed: "I have come out to fight
for a cause. That cause is greater
than the Senate; it is greater than
the government.
"We, too, you and I, are lighting
for a cause, but the cause is not
greater than the United States; it is
the United State."
"Last night, for the first time, the
President attempted a justification of
the provision of the league giving
Great Britain six votes while the
United States has but one. He says in
effect that the disproportionate vot
ing power is of no consequence, be
cause each vote in the council has
a veto. Any matter of dispute in the
council may by either party be re
moved to the assembly. In the as
sembly hall members vote, except
those who are parties to the dispute.
"But the influence of a preponder
ance of votes often may turn the
scale. At Paris, in the peace confer
ence, any one of the big five had that
veto, and a unanimous decision was
required. Nevertheless, the Shantung
decision was rendered, and, apparent
ly, was easily obtained by the four
who decided it against the one our
President protesting.
Preponderance Not Justified.
' "There is neither defense nor justi
fication for giving Great Britain six
, times as many votes as the United
States. It was simply an additional
instance where the practical diplomat
got what he wanted from the man
' who sat uncomprehendingly In the
diplomats' game. Six votes for Brit
i ain. one for the United States, is a
i challenge to our self-respect, an af
front to our patriotism. It will h? the
V
What the Congress Is Doing.
THE Senate passed the bill which has
previously passed the House meeting
the demands of Attorney General Palmer
for extension of the food control act to
penalize profiteering in food, clothing and other
necessities. The Senate added to the bill the
measure reported by the Senate District com
mittee to regulate rents in the District of Co
lumbia. The bill now goes Into conference
between the two houses.
* * * *
Tiic Senate committee on commerce favorably
reported the House bill relating to water power
development. Efforts will be made to pass the
measure at this session.
* * * *
Several senators during the week denounced
on the floor of the Senate the proposed unioniz
ing of the metropolitan police of the District of
Columbia.
* ? * #
Senator Myers of Montana introduced a reso
lution providing that none of the money appro
priated for the metropolitan police force should
be used to pay the salaries of men who Join the
union. The resolution will be considered by
the Senate District committee this week.
* * * *
The Senate committee on foreign relations
was informed by William C. Bullitt, formerly
attached to the American peace commission,
that Secretary Lansing told him in Paris last
May that the American people would defeat the
peace treaty if they comprehended what the
league of nations meant.
The House passed the bill conferring the rank
of admiral for life on Admiral Benson and
Admiral Sims.
* * ? *
The bill to regulate height of buildings and
to create a zoning commission In the District
of Columbia was passed by the House.
* * * *
The Senate passed the Edge bill for the
financing of American export trade.
* * * *
The national prohibition enforcement act hav
ing passed both houses was sent to a conference
committee.
* * ?>
A resolution has been Introduced in the
House providing for the bestowal of bronze
medals upon all honorably discharged soldiers,
sailers and marines.
" * * * *
The majority and minority reports from the
committee on foreign relations on the peace
treaty were submitted in the Senate and con
sideration of the treaty by sections will be
commenced In the Senate tomorrow.
? ? ? ?
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts Introduced
a resolution forbidding further extension of
credits to foreign governments unless it Is
shown they are not to be used for armament.
* * * *
Senator Ashurst of Arizona introduced a bill
for popular election of American representatives
in the assembly of the league of nations.
The Senate committee on territories favorably
reported the House bill appropriating $17,000,000
for completion of the Alaskan railroad.
* * * *
The House passed resolution calling on Post
master General Burleson for a complete report
of all appointments he has made, with corre
sponding recommendations of the Civil Service
Commission.
* * * *
The House committee on appropriations re
ported the first deficiency bill for the current
fiscal year, carrying $14,184,704 as against the
estimates of the executive departments of
$47,752,481. Chairman Good expects to call this
bill up for action tomorrow.
? * * *
The House committee on the judiciary favor
ably reported the national motor vehicle theft
act. which provides a fine of $5,000 and five
years' imprisonment for automobile thefts.
* * * ?
Monthly compensation under the war risk
insurance to disabled soldiers, sailors and ma
rines was practically doubled in amendments to
the act which were passed unanimously by the
House yesterday. Bills have been introduced
in the House granting each service man an ad
ditional bonus of $30 for every month's service
in the war.
* * * *
House Leader Mondell announced that the
first Important tariff bill will be taken up by
the House on Tuesday. The House will meet
an hour earlier than usual to consider the Long
worth bill providing a high protective tariff and
a licensing of imports to encourage domestic
production.
test of the Americanism of the men
who must finally pass upon it.
"Mr. Wilson closed his address with
a panegyric upon his fighting qual
ities. Would that he had them In
Paris. He told you, finally, he was a
covenanter. I am an American."
Cries of "Impeach Wilson."
There were loud cries of "Impeach
Wilson!" from hundreds in the
crowd when Senator Johnson, after
summing up his objections to the
league, shouted:
"Let us end the whole rotten busi
ness by defeating the entire pact!"
At the conclusion of Senator John
son's speech there were calls for
Oen. Wood, and he responded, speak
ing briefly of the plans and purposes
of the American Legion.
GOTO SAYS SHANTUNG
CLAUSE SHOULD STAND
As Private Citizen, States Belief
That Japan Otherwise Will
Beject Treaty.
NEW YORK, September 13.?Japan
will refuse to ratify the peace treaty
if the Shantung clause is excluded, in
the opinion of Baron Shimpei Goto,
member of the Japanese national
commission for discussion of foreign
policies and former foreign minister,
who is on his way home after a three
month visit to England and France
and arrived today on the Aquitania.
Baron Goto said be spoke as a private
citizen and was expressing only his
personal views.
"It is unreasonable," he said, "that
any one should oppose the treaty in
its present form. President Wilson is
absolutely right. He understands
Japan and our sincerity with regard
to Shantung. He is trying to do what
is best for every one. As a private
citizen I would say that I do not be
lileve Japan would ratify the peace
treaty if the Shantung clause was
excluded. Japan will hold Shantung
only for a short time and then return
it to China. I am convinced Mr. Wil
son will stand by what he believes,
and I think the treaty will be rati
fied."
SYME FOR MERGER
OF TRACTION LINES
(Continued from First Page.)
er all operating expenses, mainte
nance, fixed charges, depreciation and
operating betterments had been satis
fied and a fair return paid to the
stockholders, any deficit should be
made up and paid out of the funds of
the District in the Treasury.
Mr. Syme thought the fact that the
public was represented on the board of
directors and the expenditures of the
company largely regulated by the Pub
lic Utilities Commission would render it
assured that no money was being im
properly or extravagantly used, and that
no one could object to a fair return to
I the stockholders based upon the valua
tion of the property by public authority ;
| that this return should probably not be
more than 7 per cent, as It would be a
guaranteed return, and as all extensions
would be made and owned by the Dis
trict the necessity of the company to
borrow money would be greatly re
duced.
Kutz Plan as Pinal Solution.
He said also that in his judgment the
time would surely come in the future
when the plan suggested by Col. Kutz
would be adopted and the city would be
given authority to purchase the tracks
and roadbed under proper condemnation
procedure, if another better plan could
not be found, and the dufy of the rail
road company would be confined to the
operation of the cars and everything in
cidental thereto.
Mr. Symo said in conclusion that the
central thought in his mind was the
recognition by Congress, by the people
and by the oompanies of the essentially
public nature of a city street railway
system, the necessity for cheap and ade
quate transportation for the people, and
the duty to relieve such a public agency
of all burdens of taxation.
THREE DEAD AS RESULT
OF TRAIN HITTING AUTO
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 13.?Ed
ward M MoCreaby, a wealthy Chi
cago cork manufacturer, and Mlsa
Margaret Steinbaek, a nurse of that
city, were instantly killed shortly
before 11 o'clock this morning, and
the former's eight-year-old daugh
ter, Sue Ann McCreaby, died a few
minutes later, when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by an Inbound train at the Westover
station on the Pennsylvania railroad
about ten miles from Crlsfield, Md.
McCreaby, who was driving the car,
had been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Susie McCreaby of Crlsfield, and wat
on his way to meet his wife at Atlantic
City at the time of the accident.
McCreaby was born in Crlsfield and
la survived by his mother and twe
brothers, Charles McCreaby of Vir
ginia and Robert McCreaby of Chi
cagifc
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FIRST DIVISION "Y" WORKERS
FACE PERILS ALONG WITH MEN
Two Gold Stars in Flag for Red Triangle
Devotees Wko Gave Lives to Take
Chocolate and Tobacco to Soldiers.
Among the gold stars which sym
bolize the dead of the 1st Division are
two which stand for Y workers who
gave their lives while serving at the
front. Among the division's wounded
are the names of eleven Red Triangle
, men who fell wounded in France?
I three of whom, still incapacitated, will
have to ride in the Red Cross cars
while their comrades march on Wed
I nesday with the troops they served.
In the memory of each of the 180
I men and 58 women who went through
the fighting with the 1st wearing the
Y insignia, will be the official citation
issued after the wiping out of the St.
Mihiel salient, September 12-16, 1918.
"The division commander desires
me to express to you his appreciation
of the particularly valuable service
I that the Y. M. C. A. has rendered the
| division during the recent operation
against the St. Mihiel salient. You
| have furnished aid and comfort to
| the American soldier throughout the
trying experiences of the last few
days, and in accomplishing this
, worthy mission have spared your
| selves in nothing."
Also, these "Y" workers think with
pride of the women belonging to them
who wear the croix de guerre?and
; of the men also decorated for their
bravery. Two killed, twelve wounded,
I seven decorated, and the entire "Y"
I unit cited?that is the record of
the "Y" ladies and men who march
with the 1st Division for the last
time.
Further Official Cognizance.
Further official cognizance has been
taken of the service of these Y work
ers by the inclusion in the division's
history of the details, from the ar
rival of the first American transport
at St. Nazaire, July 24, 1917. to the
crossing of the Rhine. American Y
secretaries were on the dock when
that transport arrived, and they
were with the 1st from the time it
moved out of Gondrecourt to go into
its initial action until Gen. McGlatoh
lin's troops crossed the Coblenz bridge
to hold the allied front in Germany.
It was in January, 1918, that the
1st Division took over the first all
American sector at Toul. Nine "Y"
workers moved in with it. By March
there were 120 Red Triangle men and
women with ? the division, the women
going as far up to the front as Ansau
ville.
On the Montdidier front, likewise,
the "Y" moved in with the division
and In May and June, in the area be
tween Breteuil and Cantigney, the "Y"
opened service stations at fifty-five
points with the 1st Division alone.
MEXICANS LOOT TRAIN;
SEIZE TWO AMERICANS
CHIHUAHUA CITY. Mexico, Sep
tember 13.?Dr. J. M. Smith and E.
Monson, believed to be American min
ing men, were captured by a band of
ten armed mounted Mexicans nine
miles from this city early today, ac
cording to an authentic report received
here tonight.
They were taken from a mining
company train which was robbed of
the pay roll of the Buena Tierra
mines.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., September II.?
Mexican bandits today held up the
paymaster of the EBCondldo mine,
fifteen miles from here in Mexico, ob
tained $4,000 and fled in the paymas
ter's automobile. Carranza soldiers
took up the pursuit.
BOLSHEVISTS CLAIMING
ENTIRE AMUR TERRITORY
LONDON, September 13.?The whole
Amur territory from Khabarovsk to
Hoengyred, In Eastern Siberia, has
been cleared by the bolshevlki, ac
cording to a wireless report from
Moscow. It is said that the bolshevik
forces, aided by 200,000 Chinese
troops, attacked the white guard.
SUBSCRIPTION BY FRANCE
TO MEMORIALIZE U. S.
PARIS, September 13.?Notice was
given in the chamber of deputies to
day that a credit of 1,000,000 francs
will be asked by the government to
constitute the government's subscrip
tion to the Folnte de Grave monu
ment, commemorating the first land
ing of American troops to take part
In the great war, the first stone of
which was laid with appropriate
exercises September 6.
CoLSterm Takes Up Research Work
?Lieut. Col. C. G. Storm, ordnance
department, U. 8. A., chief of the re
search section, ammunition division,
has been honorably discharged from
the service and is now engaged in
research work at Allentown. Pa.
Bombbardment was so severe, how
ever, at Servlllers, Villers-Tournelle,
Broyes, Coullemelle and Rocquencourt
that the division commander ordered
the canteens discontinued at these
places, although they were continued
elsewhere under continual shell Are.
Wounded at Soissons.
In the fighting before Soissons In
July, 1918, the first "Y" workers were
wounded. Rev. W. D. Howell of De
troit, T. H. Post of New York city and
E. W. Cross of Grinnell, Iowa, suffer
ed severely from shell fragments
while taking cigarettes, chocolate and
other supplies to the front line in
wheelbarrows.
Tracks Subject to Fire.
During that fighting at Soissons the
"Y" distributed 43,000 packages of
biscuits, 13,000 pounds of chocolate,
960,000 cigarettes, 17,500 cigars and
great amounts of other supplies to
the men of the 1st Division under fire.
The"Y" trucks advanced so far that
they were subjected to direct fire by
the Germans.
J. Adam Linn Falls.
J. Adam Linn of New York city
fell near Apremont, October 8, while
serving chocolate and cigarettes to
the 2d Battalion, 5th Field Ar
tillery. On request of the soldiers he
was buried at Chaudrons farm, close
beside their position, with thirteen
doughboys killed by the same shell.
On the same day Miss Dorothy
Francis of Westfield, N. J., was cited
for "remarkable courage and devotion
to duty at Chippy when the hospitals
were shelled."
The second "Y" man killed was
Harry B. Gibson of Avalon, Pa. He
died during the advance at Mouson,
November 6. Having been gassed at
Cantigney and warned that It would
be death if he again entered a gas
area, he disregarded the danger to
serve the men of the 16th Infantry,
and gave his life during the ad
vance at Mouson, November 6, 1918.
The "Y" girls awarded the crotx <*e
guerre are Miss Gertrude Ely of
Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Miss Mary Noel
Arrowsmith of Cressklll, N. J. Miss
Arrowsmlth showed "a great spirit of
duty and abnegation when in danger,
giving her best care to the wounded
of the division hospitals which were
under violent fire" at Montdldier and
in the Argonne. Miss Ely gave "a
splendid example of the devotion of
the American woman." declared the
citation by Geij. Petain. "following
her unit in every sector and giving
her moral and material help to the
soldiers during the hours of diffi
culty."
FINDS BRITAIN BEHIND
U.S. IN CARE OF CRIPPLES
NEW YORK, September It.?The
United States is far ahead of Great
Britain in providing for its disabled
soldiers, according to Michael J.
Dowllng, president of the Minnesota
Bankers' Association, who arrived
here today from England on the
steamship Adriatic. Mr. Dowling,
who has been lecturing on the re
habilitation of soldiers in European
countries, lost both legs, his left arm
and several fingers of his right hand
from exposure to cold in a blissard
when fourteen years old.
"I found that they are at least two
years behind us over there," he said,
"but they are going ahead on a very
satisfactory basis at the present
time."
In the British Isles, he said, there
were fifty-eight men with both arms
off, more than 900 with both legs off,
more than 3,000 with either an arm or
leg or one of each missing, while
nearly 2,000 had passed through St.
Dunstan's Blind Institute in London.
Mr. Dowllng went to England at
the request of the British Red Cross
Society to cheer disabled soldiers by
showing them what it is possible for
cripples to accomplish.
NEW YORK TO BE HOST
TO CARDINAL MERCIER
NEW YORK, September 13.?On his
return to New York next Tuesday
Cardinal Mercier, Belgium's war-worn
prelate, will proceed to the archi
episcopal residence of Archbishop
Hayes to rest after his Journey.
The following day he will attend
the anniversary mass to be celebrat
ed at St. Patrick's Cathedral for the
late Cardinal Farley, after which he
will be escorted by Archbishop Hayes
and members of the 'mayor's commit
tee of welcome to city hall, where
he will be received in the aldermanlc
chamber by Gov. Smith, Mayor Hylan
ami otlrer officials. In the evening
he will be tendered a banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria by the city.
The mass will b? attended not only
by prelates of the Catholic Church,
but by members of all faiths and of
I flclals of the nation, state and city.
imnnijueati Invited to the dinner.
at which Got. Smith is scheduled to
speak, are members of the President's
cabinet. Vice President Marshall, of
ncials of the State, War and Navy de
partments, Cardinals Gibbons and
Sr??.7!"6. ' Archbishop Hayes. Brand
Whitlock, United States minister to
Belgium; Baron Emil de Cartier de
Marchlenne. Belgian ambassador to
this country, and representatives of the
allied governments.
New York city's Italian colony will
present Cardinal Mercier, when he
visits this city, with a bronze cast of
OnoHo Ruotolo's bas relief, "Belgium
1914-18?and Jesus Wept." The bas
relief shows Christ with head turned
aside weeping at a procession pf Bel
gian widows and orphans who pass
by Him.
Will Speak Today.
BALTIMORE, September 13.?Car
dinal Mercier will speak during the
mass in the cathedral tomorrow, but
the sermon proper will be delivered
by Bishop Donahue of West Virginia.
Members of the Belgian legation at
Washington will attend the mass, are a
party of representatives in Congress ac
companied by their wives will come
oyer from Washington with the Bel
ffians.
Following the mass the party will
call on the Belgian primate and Card
lnal Gibbons at the archiepisoopal resi
dence.
TELEPHONE TOLLS CUT
BY OHIO COMMISSION
First Definite Step Taken by State
Authorities Toward Revision of
Burleson Schedule.
COLUMBUS, ? Ohio, September 13.?
The Ohio public utilities commission In
a decision handed down today ordered
telephone companies operating in Ohio
to discontinue after October 1 the $3.50
service connection charge authorized
by Postmaster General Burleson while
the wires were under federal control.
Ohio is the first state to tsite action
repealing the Burleson schedules.
The commission held that the exact
ing of a charge of $3.50 or any amount
for an orginial installation is "un
just and unreasonable" for the reason
that such installation adds to the
capital account of the company, while
transfers from one location to another
are charged to operating expense and
are expenses which are created by the
subscriber.
The order also modifies other
charges instituted under the Burle
son regime. The local manager of the
Central Union Telephone Company
told the commission that the order
mean a 1(588 of approximately
$15,000 a year to the company in Co
lumbus. The Cincinnati manager esti
mated the loss there at $85,000, and
the Cleveland manager said the loss
in his city would be approximately
$100,000.
BRITISH WILL UNVEIL
LINCOLN STATUE SEPT. 15
MANCHESTER, England, September
2 (Correspondence of the Associated
Press). ? Oeorge Grey Barnard's
statue of Abraham Lincoln has been
placed in the position it will occupy
in Plattsfield, and details of the un
veiling exercise. September 15, are
being prepared by a committee. Judge
Alton B. Parker of New York, will de
liver the principal address.
The statue, which was presented
to Manchester by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Phelps Taft of Cincinnati, is
now wrapped in sheets, but its mag
nitude is obvious. The base on which
the figure rests is a rugged piece of
Peterhead granite weighing six tons.
It is to be two feet above the land
surface. The statue itself is of bronze
fourteen feet high and faces Oxford
road.
Lord Weardaie andd Lord Lee of
Wareham and Ambassador Davis have
been invited to be present.
The respective merits of the Bar
nard and Saint Gaudens statues of Lin
coln. both of nhich originally were
intended for erection at Westminster
in London, have been the subject of
a long controversy. The Saint Gaudens
statue finally was awarded the cov
eted place, while the Barnard statue
was given to Manchester.
LAWSON LINER AT MINEOLA.
Transcontinental Trip Planned,
With First Stop at Washington.
MINEOLA, N. Y., September 13.?
The Lawson air liner, carrying nine
passengers, landed Kere safely at 10:32
o'clock this morning, after a success
ful flight from Syracuse. The plane
left Milwaukee ten days ago, stopping
at Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo
and Syracuse.
Albert W. Lawson, pilot of the plane,
which made the trip of 300 miles in
less than three hours, said a trans
continental trip from New York to
San Francisco would be attempted in
the near future. Washington will be
the first stop, and it is expected that
the plane will carry ten United States
senators on the first leg of the Journey.
Other stops will be made at Dayton,
St. Louis. Omaha and Salt Lake City.
The plane has a wing spread of
ninety-five feet, a fuselage fifty feet
long and seating capacity for twenty
six persons. It has a capacity of 600
gallons of gasoline and forty gallons
of oil. Mr. Lawson carried a letter of
greeting from Gov. Philipp of Wis
consin to Gov. Smith of New York.
IN HISTORYOF GULF
Shipping Sustains Enormous
Losses, Says Appeal From
Key West.
COAST GUARD IS AIDING
Reports to the weather bureau here
from Galveston last night said the tide
was rising rapidly, water was flood
ing low places on the island and peo
ple were fleeing to the city. A thirty
mile northeast storm was blowing and
the Galveston tide at 11 o'clock was
6.4 feet and rising.
Appeal* for aid to shipping caught
in the tropical hurriaane in the south,
on which the coast guard is acting,
declare the storm "the most terriflc
'hurricane in the history of the gulf."
i "Shipping," says the appeal from
President Porter of the Key West
Chamber of Commerce, "has sustained
enormous losses. Vessels are ashore
along the entire Florida reef. Several
large steamers are ashore In harbors
and private facilities are inadequate."
Coast guard steamers will comb
the waters from Tortugas to Miami.
May Hit Entire Gulf.
NEW ORLEANS. September 13 (by
the Associated Press).?Although
the tropical hurricane, which first
made its presence known nearly
a week ago in the Bahamas, touched
the coast of Louisiana today, observ
ers at the New Orleans district weath
er bureau tonight could only say that
the center had not reached the main
land and that the area to feel the ef
fects of the storm might include the
entire gulf coast. An order was giver
to extend storm warnings from Ve
lasco to Brownsville, Tex.
A fifty-mile gale was reported blow
ing at Lock port, near the central por
tion of the Louisiana gulf coast.
Gas fields in the vicinity of Houma
Louisiana's natural gas section, were
reported under water, but the extent
of the damage was not estimated.
Realization of the seriousness of
the situation came here late today
when the Louisville and Nashville
railroad canceled its gulf coast serv
ice, passenger and freight.
Damages Railroads.
MOBILE. Ala.. September 13.?
Railroad and traction lines on the
gulf coaat, in south Mississippi, have
been damaged to the extent of thou
sands of dollars by water swept in
by the tropical hurricane.
Boat Dashed Upon Beach.
PENSACOLA, Fla., September 13.?
A fishing boat was dashed up <fn the
beach on Santa Rosa Island thie
afternoon. What became of the crew
had not been learned late tonight.
Owners of the schooner Maude H
Dudley reoelved word today that
their vessel was among the storm'i
victims. The crew of the schoonei
was picked up forty miles off Havana
This is one of the former Lutz Com
pany schooners which was sold at
auction last April under orders from
the alien property custodian's office.
TAMPA, Fla., September 13.?Capt
E. W. Myers of the P. & O. liner Has
cotte. which reached this port aftei
lying In the harbor at Key West dur
ing the huricane. says the wind
gauges at Key West were put out of
commission Tuesday afternoon when
the wind was blowing 82 miles an
hour, and that he is confident the
wind reached fully 100 miles an houi
later.
No news had been received of the
missing oil barge Monogahela, which
with fourteen men on board, broke
loose from the tanker Ligonier neat
Dry Tortugas Tuesday night.
MOBILE, Ala., September 13.?Storn
warnings were taken down in Mobile
tonight at 9:30 o'clock.
BRITISH BUYING NITRATE,
Chilean Commission Reports Salt
of 500,000 Tons.
SANTIAGO, September 12.?The
Chilean nitrate commission in Londoi
has sent home advices that It has sold
500,000 tons of nitrate, which the Nitrate
Association Is to deliver between Oc
tober 19 and March 20 next All the
vessels needrd for its transportation, 11
is stated, are to be sent from England,
The announcement led to a rapid rise
in nitrate shares on the stock exchange
today.
VALPARAISO, Chile, September 13.?
The first negotiations of magnitude
for the sale of nitrate abroad since
tthe signing of the armistice were
concluded today, it Is learned. The
British government has bought 500,
000 tons of the product at 9 shilling:
a ton.
The allies still have here 120,000
tons of nitrate bought during the war,
which probably will ultimately go to
the United States.
$120,443,469 "Fin" Insurance.
HARTFORD, Conn., September 13.?
Figures of death claims because of
the epidemic of influensa, grippe and
pneumonia from October 1 last to
March 1 of this year, presented in a
paper read to the national conven
tion of insurance commissioners, which
closed yesterday, by T. F. Tarbell, an
actuary of the Connecticut insurance
department, showed a payment of
1120.443,469 by thirty-one out of
forty-two companies canvassed.
?
May Delay French Elections.
PARIS, September 12.?All Indica
tions point to the fact that the elev
enth legislature of the third French
republic, whose mandate expired ir
May 1918, will not be dissolved in
time to proceed with the elections on
October 26, the tentative date semi
officially agreed upon.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP DAY
CELEBRATED BY DAYTON
IN VIEW OF U. S. UNREST
By the Atsoclated Pres?.
DAYTON, Ohlov September 13.
?To celebrate the blessings of
citizenship in free America, all
Dayton today Joined in observ
ance of a Good Citizenship day.
Men, women and children, rich
and poor alike. Joined in>
fair, which the committee in
charge designated as tl?el3T
view of the present conditions
of unrest throughout the coun
try
All factories were closed this
afternoon so owners and work
ers might Join in the celebra
tion. The day's proceedings be
gan with a program of speeches
at the fairgrounds. The Pre
vailing theme was the duty of
all citizens, whatever their sta
tion in life, to confront the in
dustrial and social problems ef
the day with an open mind.
Speakers included Franklin D.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary
of the navy, and John P. Fry?,
editor of the Moulders' Journal
of Cincinnati.
MINERS D? MAI
CURB OF H. C. OF L
Convention Asks Vigorous
Action by Government
Against Profiteers.
WORK UNDER OLD WAGE
By thr A>?oHatr<l Prcn.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. September 11.?
Confessing Its own inability to find
offhand a satisfactory solution of
the problem of reducing the high cost
of living:, the convention of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America today
demanded vigorous action from the
federal government as the only
agency capable of checking the op
erations of food gamblers and un
scrupulous profiteers. Legislation
such as this week passed Congress,
carrying penalties which will effect
ually curl) the practice of marking up
the prices of necessities on the prin
ciple of charging all that the traffic
will bear, was held to be the only ef
fective remedy.
Among the substitute panaceas re
jected by the convention or its com
mittee on resolutions were the crea
tion of economic commissions with
power to fix definite prices for all
commodities of daily use; congres
sional legislation reducing immedi
ately prices of food and clothing by
25 per cent under penalty of confis
cation of the property of all those
violating the law. prosecution and
dissolution of the Chicago packing
companies, erection of government
cold storage warehouses for the
proper distribution of foodstuffs and
the death penalty for food profiteer*.
Propose National Strike.
One speaker took a leaf from the
wage suggestions of the railroad
brotherhoods and proposed that the
federal government be allotted ninety
days' grace to effect a substantial re
duction in the cost of living. If this
were unaccomplished in that period
the miners should take steps to tie
up industry by a nationwide strike.
For the miners, according to the
resolution adopted, this problem has
particular Interest, since they are still
working under an agreement almost
two years old, while almost every
other branch of labor has since gained
substantial increases in wages. The
agreement was accepted, it is said,
under assurances that the food ad
ministration would stabilize food
costs, but these were not fulfilled.
A resolution introduced by colored
miners, but supported by white speak
ers and the entire convention, de
manded legislation ^caking lynching
and mob violence federal offenses.
Organize Alliance Immediately.
No time will be lost In organising
the alliance with the four great rail
road brotherhoods for Joint political
and industrial action to bring about
the nationalization of railways and
mines and other economic objectives
of mutual interest, to which the oonr
vention gave its enthuiastic approval
at the morning session.
"We have, however, not a chance In
the world to pass the Plumb bill
through the present Congress," Glenn
E. Plumb informed the miners in his
speech this morning. He welcomed,
however, the adhesion of the half mil
lion miners to the seven million ad
vocates who he declared were al
ready enrolled in support of the Plumb
plan, and declared that if th? move
ment continued to spread at the prev
ent rate the next Congress would be
elected under a mandate to enact the
desired legislation which it could not
venture to disregard.
Other business before the convention
today was of a minor nature, all res
olutions on other matters of im
portant policy, such as the formation
of a labor political party, the repeal
of the espionage act, the release of
Thomas J. Mooney and other "po
litical prisoners": the Russian ques
tion and the use of state guards and
coal and iron police being reserved
for discussion next week. A resolu
tion for the withdrawal of the miners'
organization from the American Fed
eration of Labor, which Is the first
order of business Monday, is expect-'
ed to bring about the first big clad*
between the radicals and those now
in control of the organization.
ZIONISTS TO CONVENE
WITH NATION ASSURED
CHICAGO, September 13.?After
more than two decades of existence.
the Zionist organisation of America
will open its twenty-second annual
convention with the assurance that
the Jewish nation will be restored in
Palestine as pledged by the Versailles
peace treaty, it was announced
tonight. ?
Justice Louis D. Brandeis of the
Supreme Court, honorary president of
the organization, recently returned
from Palestine, is expected to brine
official tidings that Great Britain has
consented to accept the trusteeship
for Palestine during the establish
ment of a Jewish republic.
Approximately 1,000 delegates, rep
resenting 4,000.000 Jews of the coun
try. are expected to attend the
sessions, which will be chiefly oc
cupied with plans for government,
settling, financing and promotion of
industry in Palestine.
PROHIBITION CONFEREES
EXPECTING AGREEMENT
Senate and House conferees on ths
prohibition enforcement bill were un
able yesterday to reach a final agree
ment, but expect to complete their
work this week. Many liberalising
amendments of the Senate, it was
said, have been accepted by the House
managers.
TWO MEXICANS LYNCHED
IN PUEBLO BY MOB
PUEBLO, CoL, September 13.?Two
Mexicans were taken from the city Jail
tonight by a mob of armed citizens,
driven in an automobile to the Fourth
Street bridge, at the city limits and
hanged. The bodies were found forty
five minutes after their capture. The
lynching followed the arrest of the Mex
icans charged with the murder today of
Patrolman Jeff Evans.
The mob leaders used strategy to get
the police officers off their guard. A
riot call was sent in from the steel
works district and the patrol, loaded
with officers, hurried to the scene. As
soon as the wagon was out of sight the ~
mob quietly marched to the city hall, a
committee walked into the office, cov
ered the desk sergeant with revolvers
and commanded him to turn over the
keys of the cell.
Approves Hawaiian Branch P. 0.
To Improve mail service in Hawaii
the Senate post office committee yes
terday favorably reported the House
bill authorizing establishment of
branch post offices throughout the
country.
Mr. Burleson Charges to Be Probed.
Plans to investigate charges by
former Civil Servlcc Commissioner
GaJloway that Postmaster General
Burleson disregarded civil service
rules and ?Mobauched the civil serv
ice" in appointing postmasters were
made yesterday by the Senate post
office committee.